Making the Most of RDA Toolkit's Open-Access Period Presented by: Troy Linker Publisher, ALA Digital Reference American Library Association

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1 Making the Most of RDA Toolkit's Open-Access Period Presented by: Troy Linker Publisher, ALA Digital Reference American Library Association

2 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future RDA Toolkit Enhancements Questions

3 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future RDA Toolkit Enhancements Questions

4 Webinar Orientation Use the Webinar User Panel to: Select or Change Your Audio Options IM Questions to RDA Toolkit Staff If you are unable to use the webinar user panel you may also submit questions directly to

5 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

6 About RDA What is RDA? How do RDA & RDA Toolkit Differ? Who Created RDA? Who Created the RDA Toolkit?

7 What is RDA? RDA: Resource Description and Access is the new cataloging standard that will replace Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition.

8 What is RDA? RDA goes beyond earlier cataloging codes in that it provides guidelines on cataloging digital resources and has a stronger emphasis on helping users find, identify, select, and obtain the information they want.

9 What is RDA? RDA supports clustering of bibliographic records to show relationships between works and their creators. This important new feature makes users more aware of a work's different editions, translations, or physical formats.

10 What is RDA? For more information on the background of RDA visit the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA website

11 How do RDA & RDA Toolkit differ? RDA Toolkit is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources including RDA. RDA: Resource Description and Access is the most prominent document in the RDA toolkit s collection of cataloging-related documents.

12 Who created RDA? RDA is overseen by the Committee of Principals (CoP) representing American Library Association Canadian Library Association Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK)

13 Who created RDA? Committee of Principals (CoP) continued Library of Congress (USA) Library and Archives Canada British Library National Library of Australia

14 Who created RDA? The content of RDA was developed in a collaborative process led by the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA (JSC). More information about the JSC and RDA is available on the JSC website

15 Who created the RDA Toolkit? The RDA Toolkit is Published by the Co-Publishers for RDA American Library Association Canadian Library Association Facet Publishing, the publishing arm of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (UK)

16 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

17 Open-Access Period Begins mid-june August 31, 2010 RDA Toolkit will be open at no charge for any individual or institution to try For more information and to register online visit the RDA Toolkit website

18 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

19 RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Help System Frequently Asked Questions Online Webinar Archive RDA Toolkit Support Center Cataloging Presenter Tools Online Training Calendar

20 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

21 RDA Toolkit Document Collection RDA: Resource Description and Access RDA: Element Set View RDA Mappings User-Contributed Content Entity Relationship Diagrams Schemas AACR2

22 RDA Toolkit Demo Authentication Methods User Profiles Navigating the User Interface Searching Creating User-Contributed Content

23 RDA Toolkit Demo Authentication Methods Solo-User License User Name and Password Institutional Site License IP Address Referring URL User Name and Password

24 RDA Toolkit Demo User profiles Profiles can be created by subscription administrators but most new users will create their own profiles. Profiles are required to save, create, or share on the site. Profile Name for an institutional subscriber is not the same as their User Name.

25 RDA Toolkit Demo Navigating the User Interface User Bar Three Tabs Browse RDA Document Bar

26 RDA Toolkit Demo RDA Quick Search Go to Instruction Number Phrase Search RDA Only Booleans Accepted

27 RDA Toolkit Demo Advance Search Remembers Last Search Can be Expanded to other RDA Toolkit Documents Limit by RDA Instruction Types Exclude Examples AACR2 Rule Number

28 RDA Toolkit Demo User-Contributed Content Workflows and Mappings Create Copy Share

29 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

30 Subscription & Pricing Information Solo-user and Site License Options Double user Offer for First Time Subscribers Consortia and Group Pricing Options Training and Classroom Access Payments Processed in one of 6 Currencies RDA Print

31 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

32 Future Enhancements Links from AACR2 to RDA Links from Other Cataloging Tools and Documentation to RDA Improved User-configurable Preferences Integration of RDA Translations

33 Webinar Agenda Webinar Orientation About RDA Open-Access Period RDA Toolkit Training & Support RDA Toolkit Demo Subscription & Pricing Information Future Enhancements Questions

34 Questions? We will answer as many questions as possible during the live event. Our Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) page at will be updated based on questions asked during this webinar.

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